Marcin Frąckiewicz

Visa stock price rises as Wall Street upgrade meets fresh Olympics data and UK rival plans

Visa stock price rises as Wall Street upgrade meets fresh Olympics data and UK rival plans

Visa shares rose 1.3% to $318.02 Tuesday after Freedom Capital upgraded the stock to “Buy” and raised its price target to $375. The company reported a 60% jump in overseas cardholder visits and a 40% rise in contactless transactions during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics opening weekend. UK banks plan talks on a national payments alternative to Visa and Mastercard this week.
February 17, 2026
Applied Materials stock price today: AMAT slips as chip stocks cool, March updates ahead

Applied Materials stock price today: AMAT slips as chip stocks cool, March updates ahead

Applied Materials shares fell 0.8% to $352.23 Tuesday morning as chip stocks declined after the holiday. The company last week forecast Q2 revenue near $7.65 billion and settled U.S. export control allegations for $252 million. Applied’s quarterly dividend of $0.46 per share goes ex-dividend Feb. 19. Executives are scheduled to speak at investor conferences in March.
February 17, 2026
Broadcom (AVGO) stock wobbles as VMware lawsuit updates and Fed minutes loom

Broadcom (AVGO) stock wobbles as VMware lawsuit updates and Fed minutes loom

Broadcom shares recovered from an early 2.6% drop, trading down 0.1% at $325.00, as chip stocks fell and investors tracked new UK court filings over VMware licensing. The iShares Semiconductor ETF slid 1.5%, Nvidia dropped 1.2%, and AMD lost over 4%. Broadcom will report fiscal first-quarter results on March 4. Traders also watched bond yields ahead of the Fed’s January meeting minutes.
February 17, 2026
Why Alphabet’s GOOG stock is sliding today as AI spending doubts bite again

Why Alphabet’s GOOG stock is sliding today as AI spending doubts bite again

Alphabet’s non-voting GOOG shares fell 2.5% to $298.46 in early New York trading, underperforming a weaker U.S. market as investors sold off megacap tech stocks. The Invesco QQQ ETF dropped 1.2% and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF slid 0.7%. Traders are watching for signals from Wednesday’s Fed minutes and Nvidia’s results next week amid concerns over heavy AI spending and earnings growth.
February 17, 2026
Amazon stock slips again as AI spending anxiety lingers; Nvidia’s Feb. 25 report looms

Amazon stock slips again as AI spending anxiety lingers; Nvidia’s Feb. 25 report looms

Amazon shares fell 0.9% to $196.98 Tuesday morning amid concerns over its $200 billion AI infrastructure spending plan for 2026. Investors questioned whether heavy capex would deliver returns, especially after Amazon forecast first-quarter operating income below Wall Street estimates. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also opened lower as traders tracked U.S.-Iran nuclear talks.
February 17, 2026
Sandisk stock slides as AI jitters hit chip names again — what’s next for SNDK

Sandisk stock slides as AI jitters hit chip names again — what’s next for SNDK

Sandisk shares fell 3.5% to $604.75 Tuesday, hitting a low of $593.82 as memory stocks slid after the holiday. The drop followed broader market losses tied to AI disruption concerns and caution ahead of Federal Reserve minutes. Western Digital, Micron, and Seagate also declined. Sandisk, spun off from Western Digital last year, has surged recently on strong earnings and AI-driven demand.
February 17, 2026
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